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│ Copyright 2020 Justine Alexandra Roberts Tunney                              │
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#include "libc/assert.h"
#include "libc/calls/calls.h"
#include "libc/calls/struct/itimerval.h"
#include "libc/calls/struct/timeval.h"
#include "libc/cosmotime.h"
#include "libc/sysv/consts/itimer.h"

/**
 * Asks for single-shot SIGALRM to be raise()'d after interval.
 *
 * @param seconds is how long to wait before raising SIGALRM (which will
 *     only happen once) or zero to clear any previously scheduled alarm
 * @return seconds that were remaining on the previously scheduled
 *     alarm, or zero if there wasn't one (failure isn't possible)
 * @see setitimer() for a more powerful api
 * @asyncsignalsafe
 */
unsigned alarm(unsigned seconds) {
  struct itimerval it, old;
  it.it_value = timeval_fromseconds(seconds);
  it.it_interval = timeval_zero;
  npassert(!setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &it, &old));
  return timeval_toseconds(old.it_value);
}
